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shall  contain  the  symbol  -^>  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED "),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END  "), 
whichever  applies. 


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dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
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symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 


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nordi  sIkmcoI'  L.ikc  Kvn'  fVom  hdow  |*(»iiit  yMiiiio 
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ri(»,(lir()iii;ii  Ihe  Wrll.iiHl  ( 'anal,  tliis  will  he  flnmd 
a  picUy  liiir  ;i;iiid(' jl.r  aiu  Ma-tcr  lo  liaNC.  As  (lie 
s(i-aiiii;('i-  ;j;ciici-'ally  ,L;i\('s  (lie  iKnili  sIkji'c  a  \\  idc 
hcrtli,  hcarinii;  the  name  of  an  iron  bounif'lliore,  and 
no  Hncct  ions    to  j^o  hw 

Tlie  coniM's  and  di>(an<(-,  will  lie  (ImmkI  |ii'('l(\' 
correct  Corany  slianucr  to  1:0  l.\.  and  will  often 
e.ise  the  niind  (»!"  the  man  ha\  inu'  the  ihai-<'-e 

The  conrses  ai'c  all  h\' compass,  \\lii(h  is  al(o«!-etli- 
cr  used  on  the  Lake. 

There  is  ail  ea>terly  \ari.i'ion  on  the  Lake  whicli 
increases  as  you  l;()  to  the  wot  ;  ]iowe\(i'.  it  is  not 
taken  notice  of,  as  tiny  all  i;o  h\  their  conii>ass 
courses. 

I  ha\'(!  ol'teii  tliou;:;lit  it  sini^iilar  tliat  there  has 
not  heen  charts  or  diivM  f  ions  flir  t  he  (.'anada  shon\ 
All  t  he  lake  ( )ntario  captains  on  hot  h  sides,  and  the 
Lrie  captains  on  t  he  Aiiieri(  an  >ide,  ai'e  afraid  of"  th(3 
north  shore,  and  indeed  a  uikmI  reason  llie\  liaNC 
(howcNCi-,  it   is  ^•et.tin'_;"  pretty  well  li;;-hte(lj^  a  liuht 


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liouso  oil  Point  Abiuo  is  very  much  wanted.  Tho 
iioxt  8  miles  west  is  Gravely  l^ay,  now  (ailed  Port 
Colbomne,  hut  the  woiks,will  not  he  iini^hed  until 
next  year,  when- there  will  he  a  lighthouse,  whieh 
tvill  make  a  douhle  entrance  to  the  Welland  Canal, 
and  will  he  found  very  useful,  according  to 'the  sea--- 
son  of  the  year. 

The  next  15  miles  west  is  Gull  or  Mohawk  Island. 
There  is  a  hghthouse,  built  of  stone,  which  is  ex- 
pected to  be  in  operation  this  spring  and  will  be  a 
revolving  light,  which  will  be  found  very  useful  for 
vessels  going  up  Qr  down  the  Lake.  The  next  four 
miles  NW  is  the  Grand  River,  now  called  Port  Mait- 
land  ;  the  lighthouse  is  on  the  west  pier. 

The  next  light  is  Port  Dover,  about  40  miles  W. 
The  lighthouse  is  on  the  west  pier,  and  bears  from 
Long  Point  lighthouse  NW,  about  25  miles. 

The  next  is  the  lightship  in  the  "  Cut,"  about  20 
miles  to  the  westward,  through  Long  Point  Bay,  off" 
Pt.  Rowan.  ^ 

The  next  is  Port  Burwell,  about  20  .mil^s  WTst. 
The  lighthouse  is  on  the  hill,  (starboard  hand  going 
in. 

The  next  is  Port  Stanley,  20  miles  to  the  west. 
The  lighthouse  is  on  the  w^est  pier. 

The  next,  about  40  miles  west,  is  the  "  Round 
0,"  so  called  by  the  sailors — the  old  French  name 
was  Ronde  Eau,  or  Round  Water.  This  is  a  good 
harbor.     The  lighthouse  is  on  the  west  pier. 

The  next  lighthouse  is  on  the  NE  end  of  Point 
Pelee  Island,  about  40  miles  SSW.  Then  you  are 
up  to  what  they  call  "  the  Islands." 


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Vessels  leaving  Buffalo,  bound  up  the  Lake,  and 
meeting  with  the  wind  down  the  Lake,  and  not  got 
as  far  up  as  to  feteh  the  Grand  River,  not  wishing 
to  go  })a('k,  the  oidy  place  to  run  for  is  the  anchorage 
under  Point  Ahino.  In  .running  down,  give  the 
J?oint  a  reasonable  berth,  stand  on  till  you  bring  the 
house  in  the  upper  end  of  the  bay  to  bear  8W  by 
W,  then  haul  up  WNW,  sfcind^in  till  you  smooth 
the  water.  Yon  will  have  15  or  1 6  feet.  You  can 
stand  farther  if  you  choose  into  9  or  10  feet  and 
bring  the  house  to  bear  W  by  S,  and  you  will  be 
entirely  out  of  the  sea. 

If  you  have  got  up  so  as  to  make  Grand  River, 
sbmd  for  the  lighthouse,  which  is  on  the  west  pier. 
In  the  spring  of  the  year  you  will  generally  find  a 
strong  current  going  out,  and  it  will  be  necessary 
for  to  keep  good  canvass  on  the  vessel,  so  as  to  stem 
the  current — and  on  entering  the  pier,  have  your 
hands  stationed  and  your  main  peak  •  ready  to  dip ; 
also  your  main  sheet  manned  ready  to  ease  off  and 
haul  aft,  as  occasion  requires.  By  attending  to  this 
you  will  avoid  yawing  against  the  pier.  "^The  course 
in  is  about  NNE-  It  is  right  to  know  this,  as  you 
can  have  your  sails  trimmed  according  to  which  way 
you  have  the  wind. 

Last  spring  I  was  taking  a  trip  in  jbhe  Shamrock, 
Capt.  R.  Fyfield.     We  were  standing  in  for  th6  riv- 
er, with  a  smart  leading  breeze  about  NW,  there  was 
a  splendid  new  schooner  from  Cleveland  coming  in 
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after  us,  deeply  laden  with  wheat.  He  saw  the 
way  we  had  to  uianouver,  as  the  current  ^vas  very 
strong.  Just  as  he  entered  the  pier,  his  vessel  gave 
a  yaw,  and  eame  bang  up  against  the  west  pier  by 
the  lighthouse,  and  stove  her  larboard  bows  in  above 
water  although  she  liad  solid  bulwarks  forward. 
It  is  well  enougli  to  mention  these  things  as  it  will 
put  peoi)le  on  their  guard. 

If  you  get  uj)  as  far  as  Long  Point,  and  meet  with 
a  head  wind,  and  wish  to  anchor  under  the  Point,  " 
off  the  Big  Bluff ;  round  the  Point,  keeping  your  *" 
lead  going,  and  work  up  and  anchor  any  w^here  you 
please,  OAving  to  the  ,way  you  have  the  wind.  But 
if  the  weather  looks  bad,  there  is  often  a  heavy 
sea  and  a  groundswell,  and  likely  you  wiU  have  to 
leave  your  anchor.  But  instead  of  anchoring  under 
the  Point,  which  will  be  owing  to  your  own  judg- 
ment and  tlie  looks  of  the  weather,  if  you  could 
fetch  Port  Dover,  which  is  a  good  harbor  to  run'for, 
the  directions  are  in  the  description  of -Dover  Har- 
bor ;  and  if  you  can't  fetch  Dover,  the  Cnind  Kiver 
is  under  your  lee,  and  by  jooking  at  the  sketch,  you 
cannot  go  wrong — whereas  lying  at  anchor  under 
the  I*oint  in  heavy  leather,  is  not  very  pleasant 
wliile  you  have  a  good  harbor  under  your  lee. 

The  next  is  the  Ctit,  about  30  miles  west  of  the 
Point.  If  you  have  got  up  as  far,  and  meet  with  ^i 
head  wind,  you  can  run  in  and  come  to  anchor  by 
the  lightship),  either  ])y  night  or  day.  The  course 
in  is,  get  th6  lightship  to  bear  NNW,  then  stand  in, 
keeping  the  light  a  little  on  your  larboard  -bow. 
The  east  shore  is  the  boldest,  and  by  keeping  your 


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lead  goin^  you  will  know  when  yon  near  the  Avest 
side,  as^^e  water  you  carry  in  will  he  beat  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Cut,  and  come  to  anchor  any  where 
close  by  the  lightship,  in  11  or  12  feet. 

But  when  you  o;et  above  the  Cut,  and  the  wind 
still  ahead,  it'  it  don't  blow  toQ  hard,  3  on  can  make 
l(jn<^  stretches,  as  then  you  haY(5  (he  whole  width 
(if  the  J^ake  ;  and  as  these  winds- acoi' and  haul 
some  points  throughout  the  day,  you  will  be  able  to 
judge  what  shore  would  be  the  best  to  be  on  by 
the  evening,  and  very  likely  get  a  good  slant  up  as 
far  as  the  Jslands.       _. 


Vessels  coming  up  through  the  Welland,  Canal, 
and  abr>ut  leaving  the  Graml  River,  bound  up  the 
Lake,  as  l^ong  Point  bears  SW  about  40  miles,  you 
must  be  governed  by  the  wipd  you  have,  about 
what  course  vou  will  steer.  Bound  ui)  to  Port 
Dover,  or  through  the  Bay,  get  an  offing ;  then 
steer  about  W  i  S.  As  long  as  you  see  the  Grand 
Kiver  lighthouse,  you  are  outside  of  the  shoal, 
call(Ml  the  "Decomcie"  Shoal,  which  bears  fi'on'i  the 
first  point,  called  Hide's  Point,  NH,  about  4  miles, 
and  about '  the  same  distanc^e  from  the  shore  ;  but 
if  you  shut  the  lighthouse  in  by  the  Point,  you 
will  be  in  djuiger  of  striking  on  the  shoal.  It  is  a' 
kind  of  flat,  rocky  place,  from  4,  o  and  G  feet. 

Still  stiuiding  up,  give  Peacock  Pointji  reasona- 
ble berth.  The  shoal,  you  see  in  the  sketchy  bears 
from  Peacock  Point  S  by  W  7  of  8  miles,  and  Port 
Dover  bears  about  WNW  ;'it  is  al)out  an  acre,  with 
rocky  bottom— the  least  is  10  feet,  then  11, 12  and 


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15  feet.     VoHsels   passing  over  with  ytheir  centre- 
board down  will  strike  on  it^     Some  springs  I  have*^, 
seen  the  k^  piled  •on  it,  even  after  the  Lake  was 
clear. 

It  used  to  be  an  old  rule,  in  running  for  Port 
Dover  in  the  night  lime,  before  the  harbor  or  light- 
house was  built,  and  it  will  be  well  to  mention  it 
here,  in  case  of  thick  weather,  &c. — let  it  be  ever 
so  dark,  steer  west  and  keep  your  lead  goinjij,  now 
and  then,  and  strike  the  hard  bottom  occasionally 
on  your  starboard  hand  ;  then  haul  off  and  get  in 
muddy  bottom,  and  keep  so  until  you  see  the  laad 
right  ahead ;  and  when  you  think  you  are  near* 
enough  by  your  own  judgment,  you  can  come  to 
anchor  in  2,  2 J,  or  3  fathoms,  and  you  will  be  at 
the  anchorage  a  little  above  the  harbor,  with  good 
holding  ground.  The  reef  to  the  eastward  of  the 
harbor,  which  is -mentioned  in  the  description  of 
Port  Dover,  makes  a  good  shelter  from  a  SE  blow, 
and  bears  from  the  lighthouse  SE  IJ  miles,  and  about 
the  same  distance  from  thd  shore  and  a  good  chan- 
nel between,  if  it  were  buoyed  out.  <»  But  a  buoy 
on  the  SW  end  of  the  reef,  which  I  learn  is  soon 
to  be  placed  there,  will  be  very  useful  in  sailing 
out  or  in  the  harbor. 

About  5  miles  to  the  west*  is  Ryerse's  Creek,  or 
Port  Kyerse.  There  is  consideralll-e  flour  shipped 
from  this  place,  and  there  has  been  a  good  deal  of 
money  kid  out  by  the  owners  of  the  place  in  build- 
ing piers  and  dredging  the  creek  and  between  the 
piers,  for  which  they  deserve  a  great  deal  of  credit 
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tbrmerly  loadcMl  at  the  piers — now  tliey  have  to  load 
at  anchor.  There  w  a  pile  of  %t  one  about  the  an- 
ehorapjc*  a  Httle  al)ove  the  i)iers,  that  wan  thrown 
over  by  some  vessel.  That  you  nuiHt  ^uard  against 
— it  is  right  to  know  this,  as  in  getting  underweigh 
when  you  are  kwided  you  may  save  some  trouble. 

Six  miles  west  is  the  hong  Point  Furnace,  called 
Nonnandale.  There  lias  been  a  good  deal  of  busi- 
ness done  hen)  in  the  iron  way.  There  is  a  sort  of 
^er,  or  quay  built  out  with  piles  and  brush  and  fill- 
ed in  wiMi  all  the  incombustible  stulf  from  the  fur- 
nace, which  makes  it  pretty  substantial.  There  is 
8,  1).  and  10  feet  at  the  end.  / 

The  next  is  the  "  Deep  Hole  Channel,"  thtough 
tx)  Port  Rowan,  or  the  "  lightship  in  the  Cut.x  Pm- 
tering  the  channel  the  first  course  is  abour\  SW, 
then  SSW,  keeping  your  load  going — then  haitl  u]) 
W8W,  and  by  looking  at  the  sketc^h  and  using  your 
own  judgment,  you  will  get  through  the  Deej)  llole 
Channel,  to  the  inner  bay.  If  you  are  bound  for 
Co[)e's  Landing,  or  Port  Kowan,  you  will  find  (5  an<l 
7  foot  in  either — but  the  bar  inside  of  the  lightship 
has  been  fining  up  these  few  years,  so  that  no  ves- 
sel drawing  over  4  or  5  feet,  win  go  through  the  Cut. 
I3ut  vessels  from  the  Lake,  in  case  of  rough  weather 
can  run  in  and  anchor  any  place  around  the  light- 
ship. 

in  the  summer  of  '32,  Sir  John  Colbourne  came 
up,  and  surveyed  the  "Cut."  There  was  then  a 
grant  of  money  given,  and  piers  and  other  wdrks 
were  begun,  and  in  October,  'o3,  there  came  a  heavy 


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8W  blow  and  swept  the  works  a11  away — making  a 
clear  channel  through — being  pretty  much  quiok- 
aand.  This  was  the  blow  in  which  the  steamer 
Washington  waa  lost  on  I^ong  Point  Several 
years  after  there  was  a  good  channel  through  here. 
It  has  been  filling  up  these  few  years  past. 

Eight  miles  west  is  Clear  Creek.  There  is  con- 
siderable lumber  shipped  from  here  at  times. 

Next  is  Port  Burwell,  1 4  miles  W.  There  have 
been  piers  built  here,  but  owing  to  the  8W  blows, 
which  have  got  the  whole  range  acToss  the  Lake, 
they  have  gone  pretty  much  to  wre<'k.  TKo  light- 
house Is  on  the  hill,  starboard  hand  going  in.  There 
is  a  bar  outside,  in  consequence  of  whi('h  vessels 
will  have  to  load  at  anchor.  There  is  fine  lumber 
shipped  from  this  place. 

About  20  miles  west  is  Port-  Stanley.  There 
has  been  a  vast  deal  of  money  expended  here  in 
order  to  make  a  harl)or,  but  it  cannot  be  called  a 
good  harbor.  But  there  is  a  fine  country  back. 
"  Catfish  Creek"  would  have  made  a  good  harbor, 
but  the  interest  was  at  **  Kettle  Creek."  The 
lighthouse  is  on  the  west  pSr. 

About  40  milfes  West  is  the  "  Round  0,"  gener- 
ally so  called  by  the  folks  on  the  Lake.  This  is  an 
excellent  harbor,  and  will  in  time  be  a  place  of  bu- 
siness, having  a  fine  country  back.  The  lighthouse 
is  on  the  west  pier. 

Then  about  SW  i  S  40  miles  is  Pt.  Pelee,  a  clear, 
bold  sh<»re,  all  along. 

7  miles  S  by  W  is  Pt.  Pelee  Island.  The  light- 
house is  on  the  NE  end. 


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DESCRIPTION  OF  FORT  DOVER. 


It  is  situated  about  40  miles  west  of  the  Grand 
River,  and  bears  fi*om  Long  Point  lighthouse  NW 
about  25  miles.  It  is  a  very  good  harbor,  and 
there  is  great  room  for  improvements  inside.  The 
light  house  is  on  the  west  pier  ;  and  from  10  to  11 
feet  water  going  in,  and  12,  14  and  15  feet  further 
up.  The  width  between  the  piers  is  75  feet.  It 
is  sheltered  by  Long  Point,  fh)m  southwest  blows, 
also  from  the  heavy  southeast  gales  (which  ^h^v© 
the  range  of  the  Lake)  by  a  reef  to  the  east- 
ward of  the  harbor,  which  bears  SE  from  the  hght- 
house  about  IJ  miles,  and  about  the  same  distance 
from  the  shore,  between  which  there  is  a  channel 
from  10  to  11  feet,  which  in  time  will  be  buoyed 
out,  as  the  place  improves.  The  intention  is  to 
have  a  buoy  on  the  SW  ei^d  of  the  reef,  with  a 
bell  on  it,  which  will  be  of  great  use  and  will  short- 
en the  distance  going  out  or  in,  as  vessels  generally 
give  the  reef  a  vnde  berth  and  go  a  good  deal  out 
of  their  way  by  keeping  to  the  westward. 

Vessels  leaving  Buffalo  or  the  Welland  Canal, 
bound  up  the  Lake,  generally  leave  with  a  leading 
wind,  and  when  they  get  up  as  far  as  Long  Point, 
or  before,  often  meet  with  SW  winds,  and  beat 
about,  and  if  acquainted,  will  endeavor  to  work 
up  under  Long  Point  and  come  to  anchor  off  the 
big  bluff,  and  if  they  can't  fetch,  often  bear  up  for 
the  Grand  River,  and  indeed  back  to  Buffalo.  When 


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Gravelly  Bay  is  finished  there  will  be  another  har- 
bor to.  run  for.  Vessels  in  this  case  will  often  find 
it  to  their  aidvantage  to  put  in  to.  Port  Dover,  In- 
running  for  it,  get  to  the  westward  until  you  brjng 
the  lighthouse  to  bear  NNW— then  ^tand  fotit, 
leaving  it  on  your  larboar^hand; 

To  the  westward  of  the  harbor  there  is  a  fine, 
bold  Bay.  If  you  do  not  wish  to  go  in,  you  can 
come  to  anchor  in  12  or  18  »feet  water,  close  in, 
with  good  holding  ground.  There  is  a  plank  rJad 
to  Jliimiltoii— head  of  Lake  .Ontario— about  30 
miles.  Two  stages  leave  every  morning.  Woo,d 
and  other  necessaries  can,  be  had  here. 


W.ELLAND    CANAL. 


As  the  Wellatid  Canal- is  in  the  Chart,  I  will 
make  a  few  remarks  on  it.  There  are  some  splen- 
did vessels  go  through  from  both  Lakes.  Indeed 
aa  fine  vessels  of  their  class  as  there  is  in  the  world, 
and  during  the  present  season,  two  steamboats  of 
over  300  tons  have  gone  to  Buffalo,  from  Montreal 
direct,  passing  through  the  Welland  Canal. 

The  new  harbor  of  Port  Dalhousie  is  finished 
this  spring,  so  that  vessels  can  go  through,  and 
when  completed  will  make  an  excellent  harbor 
The  works  are  well  done  and  substantial.  All  the 
locks  through  the  Canal  are  built  of  square  stone, 
and  equal  to  any  I  have  seen  in  Europe,  as  are  the 


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gates,  which  are  well  tended.     Then?  are  28  locks 
through  to  the  Grand  River. 

At  the  junction,  through  to  Gravelly  Bay,  is 
buUding  a  stone  aqueduct,  and  these  works  also 
will  be  weU  finished  and  substantial.  It  is  expect- 
ed to  be  opened  next  year.  This  will  be  another 
good  harbor  on  Lake  Erie  to  run  for  when  oe«ision 
requires. 


REMARKS. 


As  steamers  and  saihng  ves.seLs  are  yearly  in- 
creasing on  Lake  Erie,  it  wiU  be  found  better  and 
safer  to  make  bolder  with  the  North  Shore,  partic- 
ularly in  the  night,  as  it  is  getting  pretty  well  h^ht- 
ed,  except  Point  Abino,  where  a  lighthouse  is  m'Jich 
wanted.  Indeed  there  are  some  old  captains  who 
have  been  sailing  on  Lake  Erie  more  than  25  years 
to  my  knowledge,  who  know^Jittle  or  nothin<r  of 
the  Canada  shore— and  if  they  had  paid  a  little  at- 
t^ntion  at  times,  by  stretching  over,  they  would  of- 
t^n  gain  by  it,  and  make  quicker  trips  up  or  down 
the  Lake,  particularly  with  head  winds. 

These  few  years  past,  the  North  Shore  has  been 
more  frequented,  and  mariners  begin  to  find  it  to 
their  advantage.  - 

This  small  work  will  be  found  useful,  and  often 
its  directions  may  ease  the  stranger's  mind 
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•  U         i 

I  will  make  a  few  remarks,  whjch  may  be  of  sor- 
vico  to  some  of  the  Lake  Captains,  as  many  of  them 
have  not  had  much  ex^rience,  and  advice  from  an 
old  experien(^ed  hand  will  do  no  hann. 

1st.  When  you  are  anxious  to  have  a  good  lookout 
kept,  you  must  keep  it  yourself.  Running  for  the 
land,  or  being  anxious  to  make  a  light  in  stormy, 
hazy,  or  thick  weather,  let  your  officers  be  never 
so  good,  be  ,at  the  head  of  it  yourself,  and  of 
course  you  will. pay  more  attention,  having  it  on. 
your  mind  and  being  the  responsible  man.  By 
attending  to  this  you  will  often  save  time,  trouble, 
and,  indeed,  loss,  &c. 

In  running  for  a  harbor  and  expecting  to  make  a 
light  and  anxious  not  to  lose  the  run  by  heaving  to 
or  laying  offand  on,  (which  is  often  the  case— indeed, 
I,  myself,  have  had  my  mind  eased  at  times  by  doing 
this :)  take  your  spy  glass,  which  every  Master 
ought  to  have,  and  get  it  to  the  focus  you  use 
in  the  daytime,  and  sweep  the  hoiizon  where  you 
imagine  the  light  or  the  object  is  you  are  looking 
for,  by  your  calculation.  By  attending  to  this,  you 
will  oftien  find  it  some  time  sooner  than  you  other- 
wise Jvould,  and  get  into  a  safe  harbor — when  on 
the  other  hand,  you  would  have  to  haul  off,  or ' 
lay  by  until  daylight.  \ 

When  I  first  came  on  the  Lake,  in  1830,  froih 
the  vast  Upper  Lakes,  I  expected  there  might  be 
a  little  current  going  down  at  times;  but  there 
is  none  until  you  come  within  two  or  three  miles 
of  Point  Abino,  where  it  commences  and  increases 


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K<j  r>lr' 


a.s  you  go  down.  Hut  tliero  is  a  n.s<»  au(^  fHll,  ow- 
ing to  the  winci.     NW  winds  mi.se  the  I^ike. 

liefore  the  piers  were  huilt  at  Po^H^Dover,  Hke 
Jill  these  outlets  along  the  Lake,  there  were  sand- 
hars  outside.  We  used  to  have  a  deal  of  trouhle 
loading.  We  had  a  schooner,  called  the  "  I^rk," 
that  took  our  flour  and  lumhor  off.  We  often  had 
to  get  oxen  to  snake  the  scow  over  the  bir,  and 
ipdeed  often  had  to  ligliten — an(f  iftt'ofHer*  times  we 
have^gonc  out  clear  with  a  full  load,  and  in  coming 
hack''  empty,  the  water  would  he  fallen  so  as  to 
o1)lige  us  to  get  oxen  and  snake  the  scow  over 
aGcaih.  And  if  we  Avere  in  a  hurrv  at  times,  we 
would  load  the  scow  !n  the  hay  ahove  the  creek, 
which  is  a  hold  shore,  and  haul  the  flour  down  to 
tlie  beach  and  load  off  the  wagons,  or  any  way  that 
was  handiest. 

Now,  vesscds  can  load  inside,  at  the  storehouses. 
There  is  10  and  11  feet  water  coming  in,  and  12 
anil  14  feet  up  the  Creek,  but  like  all  these  har- 
})ors  along  tho  Lake,  it  requires  the  dredging  ma- 
chino  every  two  or  three  years,  or  oftener. 


A  FKW  REMARKS  ABOUT 

THE    Sou  T  H    8  H  O  R  E 


From  Buffalo  up  ft  is  a  fine,  plain,  bold  shore  all 
the  way  to  Sandusky.  The  course  is  about  W8W. 
There  is  a  vast  contrast  between  the  two  shores  in 
several  c<asc.s.     As  soon  as  you  lea\'e    the  Canada 


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1«     .  , 

shore  and  stretch  over,  you  will  huoii  have  « 
ny,  and  be  surrouuded  by  vessels  of  all  siies  Vid 
kinds,  and  splendid  steamers,  from  100  to  If 
tons  burden — as  Jack  says,  "  from  a  needle  up  to 
a  abeet  anchor,"  and  some  of  the  finest  vessels  of 
their  class  that  there  are  in  the  world  ;  and  the 
most  of  them  commanded  by  smart  and  able  laeki, 
as  are  also  the  steamers,  which  are  yearly  increas- 
ing. ivIlnapMinr  Bufialo  harbor  is  entirely  too 
small  for  its  immense  increase  of  commerce.  They 
have  been  talking  about  enlarging  it,  which  will 
h^ve  to  be  done  before  long.  Black  Rock  could  be 
made  a  good  and  secure  harbor,  and  would  be  found 
very  useful  and  handy ;  particularly  in  the  fell  of 
the  year,  in  those  tremendous  heavy  SW  gales,  as 
you  could  run  for  Black  Rock  with  safety,  when 
you  would  run  great  risk  in  attempting  to  fetch  in 
at  Bufialo.  At  all  tile  harbors  up  the  Lake,  some 
years  back,  there  was  a  great  deal  of  money  laid 
out,  but  they  all  want  a  deal  of  repairs  now. 

The  first  up  from  Bufialo,  about  27  miles  west, 
is  "  Cattaraugus  Creek,"  but  the  works  are  pretty 
mi;ich  gone. 

Next  is  Dunkirk,  15  miles  west.  This  place  is 
an  open  roadsted,  or  a  fine  bay,  and  can  be  made  a 
fine  liarbor.  There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  work 
done  here,  but  it  is  going  to  wreck,  owing  to  the 
heavy  storms  from  the  Lake. 

Next  is  Portland,  12  miles  west.  This  place  is 
pretty  much  like  Dunkirk,  but  smaller,  and  has  not 
got  the  advantages  that  Dunkirk,  has. 

40  railes'west  is  Presque  Isle  or  Erie.     Tliis  is 


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a  ftno  harbor  and  jijottinj^;  hotter  every  year  by  im- 
provements, being  the  Naval  Station  on  the  Ijake. 

80  miles  weet  ia  Conneaut  harbor.  The  works 
are  also  out  of  repair. 

l5  miles  west  is  Ashtabula  and  whic^h  can  be 
made  an  excellent  harbor.  The  works  a^^resent 
are  much  out  of  repair. 

80  miles  we^it  is  the  Grand  T^ejrjj)r  Fair  Port. 
This  is  a  fine  harbor.  There  hasbeen  a  good  deal 
of  improvement  here,  but  it  requires  more. 

30  miles  west  is  Cleveland — a  very  pretty  and 
flourishing  place,  and  in  time"  wiU-  4)ecome  a  great 
plaoe  of  business.  The  Ohio  vlafial  terminates  here 
and  most  of  the  produce  from  the  inland  country  of 
Ohio  will  come  this  way.  Mr.  John  G.  Stockley  is 
building  a  wharf  or  pier  in  the  bey,  a  little  to  the 
eafltward  of  the  piers,  which  will  answer  well  for 
the  first  class  steamers  to  coal  and  wood  at  during 
the  most  part  of  the  summer  soajsoYi — and  when  it 
is  rough  weather  they  can  go  in,  as  it  may  suit. 
One  thihg — they  will  often  save  a  good  deal  of  time 
by  it.       ,  ^ 

Abojut  27  miles  west  is  Black  River. 

7  niiles  west  is  Vermillion  River. 

20  miles  west  is  Huron  Harlmr. 

10  miles  west  is  Sandusky  Bay. 

Ijast  summer  I  was  in  all  the  harbors  east  of 
Cleveland. 

It  would  have  been  no  more  trouble  for  me  to 
have  had  the  South  Shore  in  the  Sketch — and  as  I 
mentioned  before,  it  being  a  fine,  clear   shore  all 

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along,  I  thought  it  being  so  well  known,  it  would 
cfofy  be  an  extra  expense. 

The  first  time  I  began  to  think  about  making 
these  remarks  and  a  sketch  of  the  north  shore  was 
last  June.  I  was  at  the  Grand  River.  The  wind 
had  been  blowing  hard  down  the  Lake  nearly  three 
days.  There  was  a  large  fleet  left  Buffalo  before 
the  blow,  on  the  evening  of  the  12th  of  June.  I 
was  taking  a  trip  up  to  Toledo  in  the  brig  St.  Louis, 
Capt.  Kyle,  and  ^  think  we  were  about  the  last 
that  bore  up  for  the  Grand  River.  The  captain 
was  an  old  experienced  seaman,  and  has  been  about 
fifteen  years  sailing  on  the  Lake,  but  like  the  most 
of  them,  knew  little  or  nothing  of  the  Canada 
shore,  and  doubted  the  propriet)<  of  running  for  the 
Ghfcmd  River.  However,  in  the  afternoon  of  the 
15th,  seeing  it  looked  still  wild  and  blowing  heavy 
in  squalls,  then  under  the  reefed  foresail,  close*reef- 
ed  foretopsail  and  close-reefed  mainsail,  and  not 
wishing  to  be  out  another  night — the  brig  being 
light,  making  a  deal  of  leeway — he  up  helm  (we 
were  then  about  10  miles  below  Peacock's  Point) 
and  we  got  safe  in  the  river  in  good  time— ^bout  6 
P.  M.  The  captain  was  much  pleased  with  the 
river,  and  remarked  that  he  would  not  beat  about 
so  long  again,  as  long  as  there  was  such  a  good  har- 
bor under  his  lee.  There  were  about  40  .sail — 
brigs  and  schcwners,  and  two  large  steamers,  all 
bound  up  the  Lake.  I  went  on  shore,  being  ac- 
quainted in  the  place.  Inretnmiog  I  met  Captain 
Kyle  and  a  number  of  Lake  Captaiiison  the  beach, 
as  they  generally  get  together  and   tell  what  trou- 


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hlfiB  they  have  gone  through.  Some  had  lost  their 
anchors  under  Long  Point.  Others  split  their  sails, 
&c.  One  remarked  he  saw  a  place  looked  like  a 
harbor  and  a  hghthouse,  and  if  he  had  known  any 
thing  about  it,  he  should  have  gone  in.  Another 
made  the  same  remark.  Another  said  it  must  have 
been  Port  Dover.  Another  said,  pointing  to  me, 
there's  a  man  can  tell  you  all  about  Port  Dover.  I 
recognized  him  to  be  a  Cleveland  captain  I  had 
seen  before. 

I  have  been  much  amused  at  times,  when  a  num- 
ber of  these  captains  get  together.  What  long 
yams  the^ can  tell?  and  people  standing  by,  listen- 
with  all  attention,  swallowing,  all  down  for  gospel. 

That  evening  Oapt.  Kyle  and  myself  had  a  tidk 
about  the  Canada  side,  and  he  thought  I  could 
spend  my  time  very  well  in  making  a  sketch  and 
remai^  about  the  North  Shore,  as  it  was  much 
wanted — and  as  he  said  he  knew  I  was  pretty  rea- 
dy wit!Pthe  pen,  as  I  had  with  me  some  sketches 
of  the  different  vessels  I  had  been  in,  with  remarks, 

During  tlie  night  the  wind  lulled,  and  in  the 
morning  there  was  a  Ught  air^  off  the  land,  atid  by 
9  A.  M.  they  were  all  out  orthe  harbor  (42  sail ;) 
the  two  steamers  went  out  before  daylight.  I 
changed  my  mind  about  going  up  the  Lake,  so  I 
stopped  and  went  up  to  Port  Dover  in  the  Steamer 
Experiment.  When  I  got  home  I  beganjto  think 
about  the  sketch,  and  mentioned  to  some  I  t!iicmght 
it  would  be  useful.  Same  time  Mr.  Fyfield,  who 
tends  the  lighthouse,  and  myself  made  a  buoy  with 


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m  these 

four,  and 

ime.    Then 

and  then, 


a  small  fls^staff  on  it  and  put  it  on  thte  SW  part 
of  the  reef,  which  answered  very  weUi  but  being 
slung  #ith  rope  to  a  big  stone,  and  a  h^mp  buoy- 
tope,  when  the  fall  blows  came,  of  course  it  chafed 
off  by  the  rocks  and  drifted  on  shore  Indeed, 
whon  I  was  doing  business  with  my  brother,  from 
1830  to  1835,  I  had  an  iron  nun-buoy  on  the  reef, 
with  a  chain  and  a  flat  anch<>r  cast  on  purpose, 
which  was  found  very  useful.  Since  that  nobody 
has  taken  until  recently  anyrintere 
things,  although  J;here  has  b^  thr< 
sometimes  five  vessels  owned  here  at  a 
there  was^but  one.  '', 

During  the  seasoii  I  took  a  trip  no 
an^  paid  a  good  deal  of  attention^r-more  so  tiian  ¥ 
had  done  before.     I  likewise  made  a  sketch  and  re- 
marks. 

In  the  fall  I  was  at  Grand  River.  /  There  were 
several  Lower  Lake  Captains  lying  there,  wind 
bound.  Capt.  H.  M'Swain  wished  me  to  show 
them  the  sketch,  and  likewise  told  them  what  I 
intended  doing.  So  they  looked  at  it  and  were 
much  pleased,  and  remarked  it  would  be  very  use- 
ful to  the  Ontario  captains  on  both  sides,  as  they 
are  all  afraid  of  tlie  North  Shore  of  Lake  Erie ;  and 
if  accompanied  by  a  book  of  directions  and  remarks 
bj£  an  old  seafaring  man,  of  course  would  take  bet- 
ter— and  wished  me  not  to  give  it  up.  Capt.  Tay- 
lor, who  used  to  sail  the  Shamrock,  was  one  of  them, 
and  being  acquainted  with  me,  he  urjfed  me  to  go 
on  with  it. 


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la  the  Caart  there  are  54  feet,  9  ^thorns  mark-^ 
edoft  Peacj)ck  Pomt--the ,"  Captain's   Dive."     It 
may  as  welj   be'  explained,  as  nobody  can  say  but 
what  I  have  been  down  at  the  bottom  of  Lake 
Erie. 

In  May,  1834,  I  was  coming  up  from  BuiMo  on 
the  steamer  Thames,  Capt.  VanAllen.  We  left  the 
night  of  the  17th.  All  that  day  it  snowed  and 
stormed  in  Buffalo,  and  when  we  left.  Indeed  the 
decks  and  ropes  were  covered  with  snow  and  ice. 
Next  morning  was  clear  and  keep.  We  went  ihto 
the  Grand  River.  There  being  a  Government  sale 
*^wo»aays  previous,  one^  of  tlie  Dover  men  purchas- 
ed the  Gt)vernment  boat,  a  cutter-rigged,  clinker- 
built  thingjfwhiblj  Uiey  advised  me  to  have  towed 
up.  There  was  on  Koatd  of  her  a  fire-engine  and 
other  articles.  Indeed  fehe  was  stowed  fuU  of  one^ 
truck  and  another,  and  a  lot  of  pig  iron  in  the  bol 
torn.  She  towed  very  w)ell  until  off  Peacock  Poii^t 
when  a  little  sea  got  up.  Capt.  VanAllen  said/to 
"^e  he  had  better  "Seiid  one  of  his  men  to  bail  lier. 
I  said  there  was  no  occasion,  I  would  go  mjself. 
So  she  was  hauled  up,  and  L-went  down  by  the 
fore  stay.  I  had  not  been  on  board  more  than  five 
minutes  when,  all  at  once,  dowii  she  went.  She 
must  have  started  some  butts  or  the  wooden  ends 
forward,  as  the  last  I  saw  was  the  pennant  at  the 
madt  head  ai^l  me  going  down  with  her.  There 
was  a  rope  from  each  quarter  of  the  steamer,  but 


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they  muat  have  snapped  like  pipeatems,  aa  she  went 
to  the  bottom  on  lier  oven  /keel,  as  we  ascettained 
afpjj^ards.  I  was  caught  somehow  by  ray  left 
amde,  and  went  to  the  bottom  with  her.  However 
somehow  or  other,  I  got  clear  and  came  up  in  a 
hurry.  They  were  all  in  confusion  on  board  the 
steamer,  and  some  time  elapsed  before  they  got  the 
boat  down.  When  they-^^ked  me  up  the  boat 
was  hAlf  full  of  water,  haviii^no  plug  in.  The 
two  men  were  so  confused  they  did  not  take  notice 
of  it  until  I  tol(l  them.  I  took  my  har>^kerchief 
and  stopped  the  hole.  When  I  got  on  board,  Capt. 
VanA-llen  was  very  kind,  also  Mr.  IVlAxwell  the 
mate.  They  had  a  buoy  put  out,  and^s\vent  aft 
to  take  the  bearings.  Although  it  w^  in  the 
middle  of  May,  my  clothes  were  all  covered  with  ice. 

About  the  middle  of  July  we  took  our  schooner, 
the  Lark,  not  having  much  to  do,  and  went  down^ 
to  the  place  in  hopes  to  grapple  up  some  things — 
the  engine,  &c.  We  were  Avell  prepared.  We 
swept  her  the  second  time,  and. got  the  schooner 
-and  a  scow  anchored!  by  the  spot.  The  cutter  tvas 
lying  on  the  bottoni  oQ  her  even  keel,  for  when  we 
began  to  'grapple  on  to  her,  the  ma.st,  boom,  sails, 
colors,  arid  all  came  right  up.  We  got  seveml 
things  up,  including  the  anchor,  and  were  anxious 
to  get  hold  of  the  engine.  Every  thing  was 
going^  on  very  well,  but  it  began  to  blow,  and  we 
were^bliged  to  leave  off. 

Since  that  time  no  one  has  ever  tried.  '  This  wan 
in  July,  1834. 


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RECOMMENDATION 


We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  subscribed,  Masters, 
Mates,  and  Mariners,  navigating  the  Northern  Shore  of  Lake 
Erie,  and  long  acquainted  with  the  navigation  of  that  part  of 
the  Lake — hereby  certify  that  wc  have  carefully  examined  a 
Chart  and  Sketch  X)f  the  North  Shore  of  Lake  Erie,  projected 
and  drawn  by  Captain  Alkxandkk  McNeillkdoe,  and  read 
the  notes  ana  directions  accompanying  the  same;  and  we  are 
fully  satisfied  of  the  correctness  of  the  said  Chart  and  direc- 
tions, and  the  great  benefit  they  are  likely  to  confer  on  per- 
sons navigating  the  waters  of  Lake  Kne  on  the  Northern 
Shore — And  more  especiiilly  on  strangers  not  heretofore  ac- 
quainted with  that  navigation.  And  we  strongly  recommend 
tne  work  as  one  likely  to  prove  of  very  great  service  to  all 
navigators  on  that  Lake.     The  long  practical  acquaintance  of 


Capt  McNkillkdok  with  the  subject  he  has  thus  undertaken 

to  bring  before  the  nautical  and  trading  p 

experience  as  a  seaman   and  navigator,   fu«fly  qualify  him  for 


the  direction  and  management  of  sucl^an  undertaking,  and 
we  strongly  recommend  the  w4rk  to  iJKc  masters  and  owners 
of  vessels  navigating  Lake  Erie.  ' ' 

Port  Dover,  Talbot  District,  Canada  Wmt,  May  3,  1848. 

DANIEL  McSWAIN,  Master  Schooner  N.  G. 

HENRY  McSWAIN,  Mivtter  Steadier  Experiment. 

RICHARD  FYFIELD.  Master  Schooner  Shamrock. 

JOHN  O'BRIAN,  Master  Schooner  Oeorgiana. 
■  MOSES  McSWAIN,   Sr.   Master,  a  number  of  years  on 
Lake /Erie. 

ROBERT  ABBEY,  Master  Schooner  Scotia. 

JOHN  LAWRIE,  Mate  Schooner  Shamrock. 

ROBERT  MERCER  Master  Schooner  Favorite. 

JAMES  THOMSON,  Master  Schooner  Susanna. 

MOSES  FLETCHER,  Master,  a  number  of  ytars  on  the 
Lake.      * 

WILLIAM  FARTHING,  acquainted  with  the  North  Shore. 

HENRY  VAN  ALLEN,  Master  Steamer  Canada. 

DAVID  K.  STEVENi?,  Master  Schooner  North  America. 


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